Rates of development in male and female Wood Frogs and patterns of parasitism by lung nematodes

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-393

  Dare, O K ^a   Forbes, M R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian development; Metamorphosis; Nematodes; Sex biased parasitism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANIDAE; RHABDITIDA INFECTIONS; RHABDITOIDEA; SEX FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; METAMORPHA; NEMATODA; RANA SYLVATICA; RHABDIAS RANAE;

EID: 39749146960     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003836     Document Type: Article

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